MELBOURNE, Dec 26: Australia batsman Mark Waugh, 36, played his 100th consecutive Test Wednesday in the second Test against South Africa, becoming only the third player to achieve the feat.

Most consecutive Tests:

A.R. Border (Australia) 153 1978-79 to 1993-94

S.M. Gavaskar (India) 106 1974-75 to 1986-87

M.E. Waugh (Australia) 100 1993 to 2001-02

G.R. Viswanath (India) 87 1970-71 to 1982-83

G.St.A. Sobers (West Indies) 85 1954-55 to 1971-72.

—Reuters